Rail-supporting device.



E. P. BUTLER, SR. RAIL SUPPORTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION IILED AUG. 27, 1009.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

EDWARD F. BUTLER, S3,, OF CAVENDISH, VERMONT.

RAIL-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'latented Feb. 22, 1910.

Application filed August 27, 1909. Serial No. 514,955.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be .it known that I, Enwano F. BUTLER, S12, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cavendish, in the county of \Vindsor and State ofVermont, have invented ncw'and useful Improvements in Rail-SupportingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of rail supporting devices whichare mounted upon the ends of a wooden tie of the kind ordinarilyemployed in railroad construction, for the purpose of saving wear, andlengthening the life of said tie; and the invention has for its objectsto simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class ofdevices.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same con sists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claim.

In the accon'ipanying drawings has been illustrated a simple andpreferred form of the invention; it being however understood that nolimitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details thereinexhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within thescope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken transverselyof the rail and longitudinally of the supporting device and of one endof the tie. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken t'ansversely ot'the supporting device and tie on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 inFig. 1.

Corresponding parts in both figures are denoted by like characters ofreference.

The railroad tie 5, only one end of which has been shown in the drawing,is an ordinary wooden tie and it is provided adjacent to the end with acircumferential reduced portion forming a neck (3 upon which is mountedthe supporting device which consists of a sleeve or casing composed oftwo trough-shaped parts or members 7 and S of identical shape anddimensions and each of which is provided along the meeting edges withlaterally extending flanges 9 which are apertured for the passage ofconnecting members such as bolts 10 whereby the sleeve or casing issecurely clamped upon the reduced portion or neck of the tie; theflanges t) lying in a plane about midway between the top and bottomsides or faces of the tie; said supporting device being held againstlateral movement longitudinally of the tie by the shoulders 11 adjacentto the ends of the reduced portion or neck of the tie; and the membersof the supporting device being of such thickness as to be embedded inthe reduced portion of the tie with the exception of the outwardprojecting flanges S). The outer face of the uppermost member 8 of thesleeve or casing is moreover slightly sunk below the upper face of thetie, thus forming a recess for the reception of a cushion plate 12 whichmay be made of leather, rubber or other suitable material and whichserves to support the flange 13 of the rail A. The latter is secured inposition upon the supporting device by means of clip plates or clamps 14which are bolted or otherwise firmly secured upon the supporting device.

It will be understood that, in p notice, the supporting device is to bemounted adjacent to each end of the tie, said supporting devices beingthus spaced apart at the proper gage.

llaviug thus described the invention, what is claimed is A rail road tiehaving a circuniterentially reduced portion forming a neck adjacent tothe end thereof, a sleeve engaging the reduced portion and composed ottwo members o'l corresponding size and shape pro vided along theirmeeting edges with laterally extending flanges bolted together, saidmembers being embedded in the tie with the exception of the laterallyextending flanges, a cushion plate upon the upper member of the sleeve,said cushion member being sunk below the upper face of the tie, a railresting upon the cushion plate, and clamp members supported upon thecushion plate and connecting the rail to secure the latter in position.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDIVARD F. BUTLER, Sn.

Witnesses OLIN D. GAY, AURA I. AUSTIN.

